Recent Speakers


Over the past 12 months, we have hosted over 150 leading Chairmen/CEOs, government decision makers, opinion-formers and industry experts. They covered a broad array of global issues – ranging from innovation and sustainability to global mobility and capital markets – and of geographies – ranging from “Chindia”, Russia and Kazakhstan to the Middle East, Europe and the Americas.  Our recent guests/speakers include:

Joaquín Almunia
Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Commission

Lionel Barber
Editor-in-Chief, Financial Times

Maria Bartiromo
Anchor, CNBC

David Brennan
CEO, AstraZeneca

Martin Broughton
Chairman, British Airways

Eric Daniels
Group Chief Executive, Lloyds Banking Group

Daniel Doctoroff
President, Bloomberg

Micheal Geoghgan CBE
(then) Group Chief Executive, HSBC Holdings

Dan Glaser
Chairman & CEO, Marsh Inc

Tom Glocer
CEO, Thomson Reuters

Chris Gibson-Smith
Chairman, London Stock Exchange

Tom Glocer
CEO, Thomson Reuters

Stephen Green
(then) Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc

Sir Mark Lyall Grant
UK Ambassador to the United Nations

Steven Holliday
Chairman and CEO, Continental Airlines,

Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO, GE

Robert P. Kelly
Chairman and CEO, BNY Mellon

Ian King
Chief Executive, BAE Systems

Neelie Kroes
EU Commissioner for Competition 

A.G. Lafley
Chairman and CEO, Procter & Gamble

Shelly Lazarus
Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide

Christine Lagarde
Minister of Finance, Economy & Employment, France

Sir Deryck Maughan
Managing Director, KKR; Chairman, KKR Japan

Raymond McDaniel, Jr.
Chairman and CEO, Moody's Corporation

Harold (Terry) McGraw
Chairman, President & CEO, McGraw-Hill Companies

J.W. Marriott, Jr.
Chairman & CEO,
Marriott International, Inc.

John Micklethwait
Editor-in-Chief,
The Economist

Andrew Moss
Group Chief Executive, Aviva

James Murdoch
Chairman & CEO Europe and Asia, News Corp.

Dennis Nally
Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd

Duncan Niederauer
CEO, NYSE Euronext

Dick Olver
Chairman, BAE Systems

Mike Oxley
Vice Chairman, Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.

Vikram Pandit
CEO, citi

Pete Peterson
Chairman, Peterson Foundation & Co-Founder, The Blackstone Group

Joe Plumeri
Executive Chairman and CEO, Willis Group

Sir Michael Rake
Chairman, BT

Steve Ridgway
CEO, Virgin Atlantic Airways

Wilbur Ross
Chairman and CEO, WL Ross & Co LLC

Nouriel Roubini
Professor of Economics, New York University & Chairman, Roubini Global Economics

Peter Sands
Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC

Steven Schwarzman
Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder, The Blackstone Group

Sir Nigel Sheinwald
UK Ambassador to the United States

Jeff Smisek
President & CEO, United Continental Holdings

Sir Martin Sorrell
Chief Executive, WPP Group

The Hon Louis B. Susman
US Ambassador to the UK

Peter Sutherland
Chairman, BP
Chairman, Goldman Sachs International

Ratan Tata
Chairman, Tata Sons

Robert Thompson
Editor in Chief, Wall Street Journal

Rex Tillerson
Chairman & CEO, ExxonMobil

Jean-Claude Trichet
President, European Central Bank

Lord Turner
Chairman, UK Financial Services Authority

Paul S. Walsh
Chief Executive, Diageo, plc

Willie Walsh
CEO, British Airway

Sandy Young
CEO, Allied Healthcare 

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